* 2 Weeks Later *

The phone once again woke JC out of his sleep. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock which read around 12 a.m.

"Hello?" he sleepishly answered.

"JC? Sorry for calling so late but I need someone to talk to."

"Holly? Where have you been?" he asked, now awake and heading to the kitchen for coffee.

"I've been around." she sighed lightly. "Alot of things have been going on."

"I'm sorry about that arrest getting out in the media. No one wants that to happen." he added as he poured the water into the coffee pot.

"Well thanks to that my movie did completely nothing this weekend. A total flop like I said it would be." she vented.

"Sorry."

"Well if things cant get any worse they usually do." she sniffed and then grabbed a tissue.

"What do you mean?" he asked as he leaned back on the counter while he waited for the coffee to start dripping.

"Well, I got kicked out of my apartment for not paying the rent for like the last two months, go figure ya know?"

"So, where are you staying? With Jared?"

"Uh, no. My mom right now but she wants me to get out tomorrow. She is still pretty pissed about me getting arrested and ruining my future."

"What about Jared?" JC questioned.

"I don't have to worry about him anymore."

"Why?"

"Let's just say he was at the wrong place at the wrong time while there was some drama going on with his occupation on the streets and he won't be around anymore." she sniffed again as she finished.

"Oh. I'm sorry." he consoled her but in a little part of his mind he was a bit relieved.

"It's ok. I'm fine about that. It's just my whole world is falling down at the same time and I don't know what to do."

"Well, why don't you come over. You can stay for awhile if you'd like." JC offered as he poured the coffee into his cup.

"No. I just can't intrude on you like that. You guys are busy all the time. I don't want to get in the way." she tried to sound not too desperate.

"Well, we will be recording for a little while yet but we wont be doing anything important out of town for another two months." he added as he sat back down on the couch.

"Are you sure?" she smiled a bit to herself.

"Sure. I'll give you the directions and you can come over tomorrow."

"Ok. I've got some paper. Go ahead."

JC smiled at the thought of her staying with him. He was happy that he would finally have a room mate and would no longer be alone.



* Another 2 Weeks Later *

Holly stood in the kitchen watching JC from a distance. It had been two weeks since she had some what moved in and JC had yet to seem interested in her at all. She sighed to herself as she watched him staring at the tv screen while his eyes slowly got tired. She wondered if he still cared for her at all.

"Jace?" she questioned as she walked into the living room.

"Yeah?" he replied as he layed down on the couch.

"I need to talk to you about us." she said as she sat on the floor beside him.

"What about us?" he sleepishly asked.

"Well," she started as she chewed on her lip and played with her fingernails. "you told me awhile ago that you cared about me and wanted more than a friendship."

"Yeah?" he said as he looked at her.

"Well, I've been here for a while now and you don't even seem interested in me."

"I'm interested." he said bluntly.

"If you are then why do you get nervous if we catch each others eye or get jumpy when you accidently touch me?"

"I don't know. I just don't know how to react sometimes." he adjusted himself on the pillow so he could look at her better.

"I thought you wanted to be with me." she said softly.

"I do and I don't." he replied. "But you lied to me about your boyfriend and it was hard to trust you again. I'm not saying that I dont want to be with you but its going to take some time."

"So you are gonna hold that against me forever?" she started to get defensive.

"No." he sighed. "I'm sorry. I'm just afraid to get hurt."

"Ok. But, I'm not gonna keep waiting for too much longer." she pleaded.

"I understand." he yawned.

Holly looked away from him and looked to the tv. She sat in silence for only about ten seconds before she continued. "I wanna be with you so bad, Jace. I just wish you would let me into your heart as easily as you let me into your home."

She looked back at him for a reply but he had already fallen asleep. She sighed as she got up and grabbed the blanket from the back of the couch and folded it over top of JC. She stepped back and stared at his sweet, innocent looking face as he slept. She turned around and turned off the light.

She jumped into her bed in the spare room and looked at the empty sheets beside her. She wished that JC could be there in that vacant space, keeping her warm, instead of feeling a cold void inside her heart.

5: Ordinary Day

"Unsung" Lyrics by Vanessa Carlton if only I could get into that corner of your head where things finally match and meet the standards that you set oh how I wish I was the treasure that you were lookin' for bet I would feel better if only I could find the door I am cryin' you aren't tryin' I am melting away I wait for the words on the tip of your tongue I'm only as good as the last one well you decide and I abide as my song goes unsung (yeah, yeah, yeah) things are goin' crazy and I'm not sure who to blame everything is changing and I do not feel the same I'm slippin' through the cracks of floors I thought that were strong I'm tryin' to find a place where I can feel like I belong Well, I am cryin' you aren't tryin' I am melting away I wait for the words on the tip of your tongue I'm only as good as the last one well you decide and I abide as my song goes unsung (yeah, yeah, yeah) If I could be the lesson that you learn, you learn if only I could be the last one that love burns, it burns...yeah if only I could get into that corner of your head where things finally match and meet the standards that you set oh how I wish I was the treasure that you were lookin' for bet I would feel better if only I could find the door Well, I am cryin' you aren't tryin' and I am melting away I wait for the words on the tip of your tongue I'm only as good as the last one well you decide and I abide as my song goes unsung (yeah, yeah, yeah)

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